Michael Irvin

It was 8 p.m. sharp Friday, more than an hour after the Bears had gone on the clock for the first time in the second round of the NFL draft. Somehow, though, the team had yet to add a second piece to its 2016 draft class.

So there was Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin, one of the event's emcees at the Auditorium Theatre, pretending to make a phone call to Halas Hall.

Twice already, the Bears had been on the clock — at Nos. 41 and 49. And twice, general manager Ryan Pace traded back, netting two additional fourth-round picks plus a 2017 fourth-rounder in deals with the Bills and Seahawks.

Irvin sensed the natives were growing restless and hung up on his mock...

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